Weekes Head Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 According to TSN.ca: Penguins consider bringing back Francis TSN.ca Staff 8/5/2004 The Pittsburgh Penguins may be considering bringing back Ron Francis next season. The veteran forward is a free agent after finishing last sesaon with the Toronto Maple Leafs and has been offered a front office position with the Carolina Hurricanes. Penguins general manager Craig Patrick tells Fox Sports he recently spoke with Francis about a possible return. "We'll see how that works out," said Patrick. Francis, who left Pittsburgh in 1998 to join the Hurricanes, called the possibility of a return "an interesting scenario". "Ultimately for me I've gotta make a decision," said Francis. "If there is a season and it starts in September, is it going to be 82 games long. Do I have it at 41 to still go through the training and stuff." Francis helped the Penguins to a pair of Stanley Cup titles in 1990 and 1991. http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?id=93724 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 The penguins could actually have a pretty interesting team next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squishyx Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 sheesh, what are they trying to do, bring back everyone? where did they get all this money.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHEDEVIL30 Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 yeah where did all this $ come from anyway? The Penns could have on of the best teams that they have had in years and there may be no season. That is just about the Penns luck of late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squishyx Posted August 5, 2004 Share Posted August 5, 2004 yeah where did all this $ come from anyway?The Penns could have on of the best teams that they have had in years and there may be no season. That is just about the Penns luck of late. lol oh the irony... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyk Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 They didn't have a lot of money commited to begin with, and most of those they needed to sign were cheap. I bet even if they sign a few guys for $3-5M they'd still have a $20M payroll...or even less! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylbert Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 They didn't have a lot of money commited to begin with, and most of those they needed to sign were cheap. I bet even if they sign a few guys for $3-5M they'd still have a $20M payroll...or even less! They currently only have 15 players under contract... ...for a grant total of $14.1 million. Fleury is not considered part of that group... But he'll most likely get the starts needed to convert to the big leugues... Players under contract: Recchi (RW)--- $3,000,000 Tarnstrom (D)--- $1,500,000 Rozsival (D)--- $1,300,000 Koltsov (LW)--- $1,025,000 Jackman (D)--- $900,000 Caron (G)--- $750,000 Melichar (D)--- $750,000 Bradley (RW)--- $743,725 Fata (LW)--- $725,000 Malone (LW)--- $625,000 Eastwood ©--- $600,000 Prijeta ©--- $600,000 Strbak (D)--- $550,000 VandenBussche (RW)--- $550,000 Abid (LW)--- $495,000 So they are skating 1 goalie, 6 forwards, 5d-men... This isnt exactly the best team Pittsburgh has skated in years.... hell, last years squad was better... Those left to be resigned/released... etc Aubin (G) Buchburger (RW) Focht (D) Hussey © Kostopoilous (RW) Kraft © Lemieux © McKenna (LW) Morozov (RW) Orpik (D) Sims © Wilson (RW) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MantaRay Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 This is a sentimental signing. Francis does upgrade them, but that doesn't say alot about the depth and quality of this team. This too me is more evidence that Mario is finished as a Pen player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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